payroll problem

ok each part of this code works fine but i neeed it to retturn to a certian user prompt and have tried everything i know.

Code:

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/* payroll program to calculate weeks pay */
#include <stdio.h>

int main() /* starts execution */
{
    // hourly worker
        float work_hours = 0;    /* hours worked */
        float rate = 0;          /* pay per hour */
       
        //Salary-Manager
        float sal_pay = 0;        /* pay per salary */
   
        // commission
        const double base_sal = 245.00;  /* pay per base salary */
        float comm = 0;          /* commission earned */
        float sold = 0;          /* amount sold to derive commissions */
        const double comm_rate = 0.15; /* set rate of commission */
   
        // peice worker
        int unit = 0;            /* unit built for sale which worker is paid per */
        float unit_pay = 0;      /* pay per each unit */
   
    int worker;/* unit to represent pay code for muiltiple classes of workers */
       
        float pay = 0;            /* the total pay woker will recive for week */


        printf ("Thank You.\n"); // menu prompt to select workers pay code
        printf ("1 Hourly\t");
        printf ("2 Manager / Salary\n");
        printf ("3 Commission\t");
        printf ("4 Peice\n");
        printf ("Or press -1 to end\n");

        while (worker !=  -1) // start whole loop
        {

                scanf ("%d", &worker); // user prompt - workers pay code

               
               
               
                // loop for hour worker
                while (worker == 1) {
               
                        printf ("Enter # of hours worked for the week :\n", work_hours);
                        scanf  ("%f", &work_hours);
                        printf ("Enter hourly pay rate of worker ($00.00):\n", rate);
                        scanf  ("%f", &rate);

                        if  (work_hours <= 40) {
                        pay = rate * work_hours;
                       
                }

                else {
                        pay = rate * 40 + (rate * 1.5 * (work_hours - 40));
                }
               
                printf ("Salary is %.2f\n", pay);
               
               
                } // end hourly worker loop
       

       
                // loop for manager-salary
            while (worker == 2) {

                printf ("Please print Manager/Salary workers set pay:", sal_pay);
        scanf  ("%f", &sal_pay);

                    pay = 0;
                    pay = sal_pay;
       
                    printf ("Salary is %.2f\n", pay);
                }// end manager-salary loop

               
               

        // commission loop
            while (worker == 3) {
               
                printf ("Please enter total sales for the week:\n" , sold);
                scanf  ("%f" , &sold);

                        comm = (float) sold * (double) comm_rate;
                        pay = 0;
                        pay = (float) comm + base_sal;

                        printf ("Toatl pay with $245.00 salary + earnd Commissions is:  $ %.2f\n" , pay);
                       
                } // end commission loop

               

    // peice worker loop started
        while (worker == 4) {
               
                printf ("Please enter the unit the worker built for the week:\n", unit);
                scanf  ("%d", &unit);

               
                printf ("Please enter the pay for unit:", unit_pay);
                scanf  ("%f", &unit_pay);

                pay = 0;
                pay = unit * (float) unit_pay;

                printf ("This unit workers pay is %.2f\n", pay);
                       
        } // end peice worker loop



        } // end whole loop
       

        return (0);
        } // end main

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ive used break and continue at the end of each while loop and can't get it to return to the main loop where it will allow me to enter a diffrent paycode to work on located at line 38 which is the line i would like to retun once a pay is figured

Code:

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        printf ("Thank You.\n"); // menu prompt to select workers pay code
        printf ("1 Hourly\t");
        printf ("2 Manager / Salary\n");
        printf ("3 Commission\t");
        printf ("4 Peice\n");
        printf ("Or press -1 to end\n");

        while (worker !=  -1) // start whole loop
        {

                scanf ("%d", &worker); // user prompt - workers pay code

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thanks,
joe

worker == 1
is always true when worker = 1
same for worker ==2 etc.
all your inner loops are infinite, maybe just use if not while

that helps with the infinte looping changing all inner whiles to ifs
but if i use break it exits the program completly

is their like a way to use the return command to start the program back to the begining once its caulculated the pay????

but if i use break it exits the program completly
-- correct since it will break from the 1 while loop you have now

return isn't what your looking for.

where ever you want it to start over from move the while loop up to there

ie.
to redisplay the options
have

Code:

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while (worker !=  -1) // start whole loop
{
        printf ("Thank You.\n"); // menu prompt to select workers pay code
        printf ("1 Hourly\t");
        printf ("2 Manager / Salary\n");
        printf ("3 Commission\t");
        printf ("4 Peice\n");
        printf ("Or press -1 to end\n");
...
...

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don't forget to initialize worker to 0, or instead of while, use a do while loop

thanks sl4nted

here is the corection to the code it works like a charm

Code:

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        while (worker !=  -1) // start whole loop
        {
                worker = 0;// reset paycode
        printf ("Thank You.\n"); // menu prompt to select workers pay code
        printf ("1 Hourly\t");
        printf ("2 Manager / Salary\n");
        printf ("3 Commission\t");
        printf ("4 Peice\n");
        printf ("Or press -1 to end\n");

       

                scanf ("%d", &worker); // user prompt - workers pay code

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worker = 0;// reset paycode

that should be before while